Petro-Canada

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a regular noticed something peculiar in Petro-Canada’s parking lot—a mysterious box wrapped in brown paper and tied with string. No one claimed it, and no sign explained its presence. Curious, the regular asked around, but everyone just shrugged. Finally, a delivery driver mentioned that maybe it was from some secret government experiment or an elaborate prank. Days passed, and still nobody touched the package. Then one evening, a neighbor casually walked over, opened it, and pulled out a fresh loaf of bread. Turns out, someone had mistakenly delivered free bakery goods instead.

2. One day, while filling up at Petro-Canada, a regular asked aloud: ‘Why does that gas pump look like it has its own little smiley face?’ Nobody else seemed to notice—until the next week when everyone started seeing it too. Soon enough, people were taking selfies with the smiling pump and posting them online. A delivery driver even named him ‘Happy Handle’. One evening, an older gentleman approached the attendant and whispered, ‘You know, I think Happy Handle needs a haircut.’ Everyone burst out laughing—and realized he was talking about the gas nozzle.}

3. One night, a delivery driver pulled into Petro-Canada for a quick fill-up and noticed an odd humming sound coming from inside the station's office. Curious, he peered through the window and saw nothing but flickering lights and shadows—until he realized it wasn't moving. As he watched closer, the shadow turned out to be just an old teddy bear sitting on the desk, wobbling slightly in the breeze from an open window. The delivery driver laughed, filled up his tank, and drove off, leaving behind the story of Petro-Canada’s haunted teddy bear—a legend that only locals ever believed.

4. While pumping gas one afternoon, a regular noticed an odd item on the petrol pump handle—a tiny plastic dinosaur, its eyes wide with surprise. Curious, he picked it up and found another identical dinosaur under the pump. Soon enough, other customers started noticing—and laughing. Before long, every fuel pump had its own little Jurassic resident. Now, whenever someone asked why there were toy dinosaurs everywhere, the station manager simply smiled and said, ‘They keep our pumps company.’